COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTS.

Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN

The Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded 47 grants totaling $435,700 to nonprofits in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Mora, San Miguel, Taos and Rio Arriba counties.

The foundation received 156 applications for grants this summer from nonprofits applying through the Community Grants Program and the Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership. The requests exceeded $1.9 million.

Of the grants awarded, $341,000 was given to 34 agencies through the Community Grants Program for arts, civic affairs, education, environment and health and human services projects; $20,000 was awarded to five agencies through the Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership; and $20,000 was awarded to two organizations through Future Santa Fe, the foundation's giving circle for people under 50. An additional $54,762 was awarded through donor-advised funds at the foundation.

ARTS RECIPIENTS

Teatro Paraguas, $4,000 to provide bilingual theater to expand the legacy of Spanish-language literary arts.

Espanola Valley Fiber Arts, $10,000 to provide classes in weaving, knitting, beading and embroidery, and to provide business training for residents of the region.

Friends of the City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Riders Memorial Collection, $3,000 for interactive experiences for children in kindergarten through 12th grade in Las Vegas, N.M.

Outside In, $10,000 to provide music and performing arts to people with disabilities who are confined to institutions, and to provide educational workshops to incarcerated youths and those who have been released.

CIVIC AFFAIRS RECIPIENTS

Santa Farmers Market Institute, $10,000 to develop and support the microlending program for local farmers.

Farm to Table, $7,500 to link government departments with nonprofits and food and farming businesses to improve the availability of food for all residents, particularly those in need.

Santa Fe Mountain Center, $10,000 to promote personal discovery and social change through experiential programs and leadership training to revitalize and empower native/indigenous communities.

EDUCATION RECIPIENTS

Adelante! Santa Fe Public Schools, $20,000 for services to homeless students and their families including food and clothing, school supplies, transportation, counseling and tutoring.

Think New Mexico, $10,000 to research, develop and implement strategies for reducing the size of New Mexico public schools.

Girls Inc., $10,000 to expand summer and after-school programs in the Tierra Contenta and Community College neighborhoods.

Teen Parent Center, Santa Fe Public Schools, $20,000 for support services for teen parents to complete high school and to function as healthy and nurturing parents.

ACLU-NM, $11,536 to educate the public about domestic partnership issues.

F.A.C.T., $10,000 for ARTclub at elementary schools, providing free, high-quality arts education programs for low-income children.

Self Help Inc., $10,000 to help families with basic needs such as crisis intervention, school supplies, financial literacy, employment searches, job training and vocational development.

Vecinos del Rio, $10,000 to protect and enhance the quality of life in the Northern Rio Grande Valley and to create educational opportunities to help sustain historic communities and traditional cultures.

ENVIRONMENT RECIPIENTS

New Mexico Environment Law Center, $10,000 for environmental justice programs, and to protect air quality and give disenfranchised communities tools to protect air quality.

Communities for Clean Water, $5,000 to fund the collaboration of community groups and individuals to preserve clean water and to restore polluted water.

Earth Care International, $10,000 to educate youth about sustainable community and interracial cooperation, and preparing individuals for leadership.

LESBIAN AND GAY PARTNERSHIP RECIPIENTS

American Civil Liberties Union NM, $2,500 for the Domestic Partnership Outreach and Advocacy Campaign.

Girls Inc., $4,000 for the Sticks and Stones program to educate girls and increase understanding of LGBT concerns.

Santa Fe Mountain Center, $4,000 to educate school communities about homophobia and discrimination, and to develop strong gay/straight alliances.

Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center, $4,500 for prejudice-reduction workshops for middle- and high-school students and faculty training through YODA: Youth Organizing Diversity for All.

Southwest Women's Law Center, $5,000 for protecting LGBT patients' rights at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECIPIENTS

Bienvenidos, $5,000 to provide boxes of food, clothing and daily lunches for the poor and homeless.

CASA, First Judicial District, $10,000 for the "Power-Up" program, which supports youth ages 14 to 18 who are "aging" out of the foster care system and transitioning to adult life.

Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico, $7,000 to expand its anti-bullying program in Espanola schools.

Faith at Work Community Outreach, $15,000 to provide desperate families with short-term assistance in the areas of housing and health; to help homeless with basic needs; and to strengthen community collaborations to leverage more resources for those in need.

Family Strengths Network, $10,000 to continue providing education, support groups and activities to families, parents, teens and children in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Taos counties.

Food for Santa Fe Inc., $7,500 to provide weekly bags of groceries to families in need who live in the greater Santa Fe area.

Hoy Recovery, $5,000 to provide treatment services to families and individuals who are at risk or affected by substance abuse.

Kitchen Angels, $15,000 to deliver meals to homebound, chronically ill, physically disabled and elderly clients.

Las Cumbres Community Services, $10,000 for intensive counseling and care to families with children under the age of 3.

New Mexico Technology Assistance Program, $7,000 to purchase or install assistive devices for people with disabilities.

Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, $10,000 for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, a sexual education program for public middle and high schools in Santa Fe.

Santa Fe Community Services, $10,000 to assist homeless people with food, clothing and housing referrals, and to provide advocacy services in the areas of mental health, community assistance and counseling.

Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center, $20,000 to end sexual violence and other forms of trauma in the community through education, therapeutic intervention and empowerment of victims and vulnerable populations.

St. Elizabeth Shelter, $20,000 to provide emergency shelter, food, case management and other referral services to the homeless.

The Food Depot, $20,000 to collect and distribute an average of 230,000 pounds of food each month to its partner agencies, which in turn distribute food to people in need.

Youth Shelters and Family Services, $20,000 for emergency shelter/transitional livin for homeless youth and their children, and to provide counseling and intervention services to teens and their families to help prevent homelessness.

Additional minigrants were made to the American Lung Association for teen anti-smoking, Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine for diabetes prevention, Drug Policy Alliance, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival for Music in Our Schools, Youth Media Project, Commonweal Conservancy and the Santa Fe Watershed Association.

The New Mexican

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